In Pictures: Germany and Austria lets small restaurants and businesses open as part of new normal.

Germany reopens shops as lockdown is relaxed. Workers secure a strip of social distancing adhesive tape to the terrace floor outside a Bavarian-themed restaurant in Berlin, Germany. Germany recorded the highest number of new coronavirus cases in five days as the government gradually lifts restrictions on daily life. 

A waitress wearing a protective face mask talks to customers at a restaurant during the COVID-19 outbreak, in Berlin, Germany.

Waiters wearing protective face masks hold a pizza to serve it to customers at a Pizzeria, in Berlin.

Berlin’s restaurants, coffee shops and treat stands were enabled to offer consumers once again, as long as they followed physical distancing. People from 2 different homes might share a table, however needed to maintain a range of 1.5 m from each various other.

A waiter wears a face shield as he serves customers at a Cafe in Vienna, Austria.

Guests sit on the outdoor terrace of a cafe at Naschmarkt in Vienna, Austria, after restrictions were eased amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

A cook prepares food in a restaurant in Vienna, Austria. Austrian restaurants, cafes, bars, churches and some museums also reopened on Friday, with similar rules on face masks and physical distancing.

A dummy is placed in a restaurant in Vienna to help customers keeping the distance. The Austrian government has moved to restrict freedom of movement for people, in an effort to slow the onset of the COVID-19.

Cakes and customers are seen at a Cafe in Vienna, as Austria reopened all cafes and restaurants taking a further step towards ending lockdown measures brought in to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic.

Customers play chess at a in Vienna, Austria.